Chapter 408

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

【System Task Mode Synchronized Upgrade: after upgrading, it will change from fixed weekly tasks to random tasks. Once the Host completes a task and claims the reward, they can immediately unlock the next random task.】

【Random tasks will be officially released at 0:00 next Monday. Please prepare yourself, Host, and strive to complete tasks to earn more rewards.】

After this system notification ended, the system fell into silence, and even the System Mall displayed the words "Upgrading."

It seems the system has begun automatically upgrading.

Lu Feng raised his eyebrows, feeling nothing special about the future task mode.

Random tasks sound more flexible than the previous fixed tasks.

Moreover, he has already mastered quite a few Full-level Recipes, and those recipes are now thoroughly familiar to him.

No matter what tasks the system throws at him in the future, he now has the confidence to take them on.

Lu Feng tossed his mobile phone onto the sofa, stood up, and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the scenery outside the villa, his heart full of ease.

Recalling one month ago, he had still been confused and worried about the future.

Now he had a luxury car and villa, several million in cash in his bank card, and Full-Level Culinary Arts to support himself for life.

Plus the right to freely decide his daily business hours, and a more flexible task mode.

The days ahead seemed increasingly promising.

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At the same time, inside the Jiang City Television Station building, it was still a scene of busyness.

Han Lu, the host of the "Late Night Food" Program, walked quickly through the corridor, her expression carrying a hint of worry.

She held a thick stack of documents in her hands, hurrying toward the Chief Editor Office.

Recently, online discussions about Lu Family Restaurant had become more and more numerous as the program continued to air.

Viewers who had been to Lu Feng's shop to eat all gave the program good reviews without exception.

But there were also many who had not been there, giving his shop plenty of bad reviews.

Most of the reasons were because the prices in the shop were comparable to those of a high-end restaurant.

"Is the speed of price inflation really this exaggerated now? Why hasn't my salary risen at all these years? When did things sold in a small restaurant get so expensive?"

"The prices in shops nowadays are really getting more and more exaggerated. I don't see anything special about this little shop, so why are things sold so expensive? Does it really think it's a five-star hotel?"

"I'm going... fifty yuan a steamer for a steamer of xiaolongbao? Is the filling made of gold? Here, a steamer of xiaolongbao is only ten yuan!"

"Xiaolongbao isn't even the most exaggerated part. Have you seen the price of the tea eggs? Eighty-eight yuan a portion! My goodness! No wonder someone used to mock us for not being able to afford tea eggs—at this price, I really can't afford them!"

"Just an ordinary street-side shop selling home-cooked dishes, and the boss's prices are too rip-off! Black-hearted boss, verdict complete!"

"A rip-off shop like this can be on TV? How many kickbacks did the TV station take from this black-hearted boss? Introducing such a shop for several days straight?"

"Are food shows nowadays filmed for rich people to watch? As long as enough money is given, can any shop get on the program?"

These bad reviews online were not particularly numerous at first.

But as the popularity of the "Late Night Food" Program continued to rise, more and more viewers watched it.

Later on, the number of bad reviews also increased, directly surpassing the initial good reviews from diners about Lu Feng's cooking skills.

Especially under the current economic environment, netizens are especially sensitive to things like "price gouging."

Because Lu Feng thought it was too troublesome, he had not opened any social media accounts online.

So those netizens dissatisfied with the prices in his shop had a bellyful of anger with nowhere to vent, and they all swarmed into the official account of the "Late Night Food" column's short videos to complain.

This way, the originally official account of "Late Night Food" had only a few thousand followers, and each video released had only a few thousand views, with likes, comments, and shares being even more scarce.

Now this account suddenly became popular, and the several clip videos about Lu Feng's shop had shares directly breaking ten thousand.

The comments in the comment section were even more explosive.

However, most of the comments were harsh negative remarks, and there were also plenty of insults.

Although notoriety is also fame.

Moreover, most of those cursing Lu Feng's shop for price gouging were in the comment section, and those cursing the program group were mostly saying they had no bottom line, that as long as they took money, any garbage shop could get on the program.

But these comment contents, to some extent, caused some negative impact on the reputation of the "Late Night Food" program.

Han Lu, as the host of this program, still cared quite a bit about these bad reviews online.

After all, the programs she had hosted before always had a good reputation.

Now being scolded by so many people for the first time, she was still a bit anxious in her heart.

Han Lu walked to the door of the Chief Editor Office and raised her hand to knock.

Soon, Chief Editor Chen's response came from inside: "Come in."

Han Lu pushed open the door; Chief Editor Chen was sitting in front of the computer, and the content playing on the screen was the previous exclusive interview content about Lu Family Restaurant.

"Host Han, what's wrong? Looking for me?"

Chief Editor Chen saw that the person who came in was Han Lu, paused the video playing on the computer, raised his head, and asked.

Han Lu quickly walked to the desk and handed the thick stack of documents in her hand over.

"Chief Editor, take a look at these. Our official account's comment section has already exploded, and the private messages in the backend haven't stopped these past few days. The operations team can barely hold on."

Han Lu frowned, her voice carrying a hint of anxiety: "I organized netizens' comments from the past three days. Now, comments expressing negative emotions account for nearly seventy percent."

Chief Editor Chen took the documents, flipped through a few pages, and his brow also furrowed: "Fraud? Taking black-hearted money?"

He raised his head to look at Han Lu, asking in a very doubtful tone: "Did some technical accident happen when these episodes were broadcast? How could there be so many such comments?"

"Chief Editor Chen, the program's broadcast had no accidents at all."

Han Lu sighed, pulled over the chair to one side, and sat down, her tone carrying a few points of resentment: "These comments are all directed at the Lu Family visit; our program this week consists entirely of a series of special interviews on the Lu Family Restaurant. Originally the first episode aired and the response was very good, but starting from the second episode, someone expressed dissatisfaction with their prices, and afterward such comments grew more and more numerous, dragging our program into it as well, saying we took the Boss's money."